What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style
Description
Concept: Space opera stories involving style, fashion and society.
What we want to see: Science fantasy stories and elements of horror are very welcome. We’re using the most inclusive definition of queer. Queer, trans, ace, undefinable. Throughout, we’re looking for rich, varied, and nuanced understandings of gender, family, and ethnicity.
Swordspoint meets Star Wars
Ninefox Gambit meets The Devil Wears Prada
Ancillary Justice + An Unkindness of Ghosts + Pattern Recognition
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
Give us gossip wicked and vital, dinner parties salacious and droll, debutantes vile and intrepid.
Give us unforgivable rudeness and oppressive etiquette, scathing asides and dire gaffes.
What we want to see: Science fantasy stories and elements of horror are very welcome. We’re using the most inclusive definition of queer. Queer, trans, ace, undefinable. Throughout, we’re looking for rich, varied, and nuanced understandings of gender, family, and ethnicity.
Swordspoint meets Star Wars
Ninefox Gambit meets The Devil Wears Prada
Ancillary Justice + An Unkindness of Ghosts + Pattern Recognition
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
Give us gossip wicked and vital, dinner parties salacious and droll, debutantes vile and intrepid.
Give us unforgivable rudeness and oppressive etiquette, scathing asides and dire gaffes.
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Market Genres
Genres
FantasyHorror
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
8 cents/word
Short Story
1000 to 6000 words
8 cents/word
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 120 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 120 days
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Listing added: 17 January 2026
Last officially checked: 17 January 2026